[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 59 (Wednesday, March 27, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 14640-14641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-7358]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[CGD01-02-030]


Drawbridge Operation Regulations: Hackensack River, NJ

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation from regulations.

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SUMMARY: The Commander, First Coast Guard District, has issued a 
temporary deviation from the drawbridge operation regulations that 
govern the NJTRO HX Railroad Bridge, mile 7.7, across the Hackensack 
River at Secaucus, New Jersey. This deviation from the regulations, 
effective from April 6, 2002 through April 28, 2002, allows the bridge 
to remain in the closed position on four weekends to facilitate 
scheduled maintenance repairs at the bridge.

DATES: This deviation is effective from April 6, 2002 through April 28, 
2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe Arca, Project Officer, First Coast 
Guard District, at (212) 668-7165.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The existing drawbridge operating 
regulations are listed at 33 CFR 117.723.
    The owner of the bridge, the New Jersey Transit, requested a 
temporary deviation from the drawbridge operating regulations that 
govern their NJTRO HX

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Bridge, at mile 7.7, across the Hackensack River in Secaucus, New 
Jersey, to facilitate necessary structural repairs at the bridge.
    This deviation to the operating regulations allows the NJTRO HX 
Bridge to remain in the closed position every weekend in April, from 6 
a.m. on Saturday through 6 p.m. on Sunday. The effective dates are as 
follows: April 6-7, 13-14, 20-21, 27-28, 2002. The Coast Guard 
coordinated this closure with the mariners that normally use this 
waterway to help select the best effective dates this temporary 
deviation will be in effect.
    This deviation from the operating regulations is authorized under 
33 CFR 117.35, and will be performed with all due speed in order to 
return the bridge to normal operation as soon as possible.

    Dated: March 19, 2002.
G.N. Naccara,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 02-7358 Filed 3-26-02; 8:45 am]
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